Miers Withdraws; New Shortlist for O'Connor's Replacement

The AP has a new short list of possible candidates that the President may be considering to nominate to the Supreme Court now that The Church Lady Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination. The usual suspects are there: Alito, Garza, Jones, McConnell, Luttig, Wilkinson, Clement, Owens, Estrada, Brown. However, also on the list are some women I haven't heard of before. Alice Batchelder (61 years old, 6th Circuit Appellate Court), Karen Williams (54 years old, 4th Circuit Appellate Court), Maura Corrigan (57, Michigan Supreme Court Justice), Maureen Mahoney (50, clerked for Rehnquist, argued and won the University of Michigan Law School in favor of affirmative action).